#4C1785#4C1785

#4C1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.167 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1785
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 45.92, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 68.48, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0816 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.167 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5194, 3.8426, 22.5313)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1785 #508517

analogous

#171985 #4C1785 #831785

triadic

#4C1785 #854C17 #17854C

tetradic

#4C1785 #851719 #508517 #178583

square

#4C1785 #851719 #508517 #178583

split-complementary

#4C1785 #858317 #198517

monochromatic

#10051D #2E0E51 #4C1785 #6A20B9 #883ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4C1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1785

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1785	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.167 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca9',
    500: '#4c1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1785;
$custom-light: #845ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.909,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35851,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1785

secondary

#7EB93F

accent

#ED3B97

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1785

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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